Tie-out.



W. H. MAOGILL.

TIE-OUT.

APPLICATION FILED APR 6,190

Patented June 29, 1909.

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WILLIAM HYPER MACGILL, OF LOUIS Vlhhli, KENTUCKY.

TIEOUT.

Application filed. April 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 425,;53.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Bo it known that i fiLLL-ni Hrrnn Mao- GILL, a citizen of tho UnitedStatcs, rcsiding i up hund es and packagcs, and cspccially for tying outpackages of lcttcrs and tho likc in tho post o'llicc, and sonic oi theohjccts of my i improvement a rc, sa ing in the cost ot twins; tosimphiy the process of tying out; to pro- 1 yidc moans for tying outwhich shall ho r-alia clo in opcration, and thus prc cnt scattcring andloss of lcttors; to usc tho samc ticout many timcs; to pro idc a tic-outwhich will obviate the necessity of using scissors for opening packagesand kooping tho scissors sharp; to pro idc a tic-out which will ho cleanand sanitary; and to avoid sharp points and anglcs which might injurconvclops, wrappers or tho hands of usor. Thosc oh ts l. attain. 2 ymoans ol tho dc ico illustratcd in tho accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a porspcctivc View of a package of letters as tiod out withmy doyico; Fig. 2, a plan View of tho dcyicc; Fig. 3, a dotaii sectionalView of the disks; and, Fig. 4, a detail View of thc catch.

Similar rcioronco numerals rotor to similar parts throughout the severalviews of tho drawing.

A fiat plate or disk 1 is provided with a second disk or button 2,attachod thcrcto by a rivet 3 or in any other suitable nanncr, and astring or cord 4-. To tho l rco cud of string 4 is attached a catch 5,for securing to the body of the string at any intermediate point betweencatch 5 and platc 1. The hutton 2 is preferably made dish shaped, so asto leave a space between its rim and the suri'aco of plate 1. String 1is prcfcraitly attachcd to plate 1 at a point diametrically oppositethat at which button 2 is attached. Any other form of flat matcrial mayho used in stead of tho disks 1 and 2 shown that pcrl orm the samefunction without departing from the spirit of my invention. 1 prcicr tousc disks, and to make thoir odgos smooth and rounding, to avoid pointsor other sharp edges which may toa r onvclops or wrappors on adjacontpackagcs or injuro tho hands of tho usor. it will ho undcrstood that byi using such disks, packagos oi lottcrs or othcr y articlcs may hothrown upon oach other and slid upon ono anothor without injury. This isan important loaturo, since in post-oiliccs git is noccssary to handlethe mail matter 1 rapidly and to avoid tho mcntal strain incil dcnt totaking carc not to injure tho wrapll hayo shown plato 1 ccntrallypcrpcrs. .liiratod, to provido moans for conycnicntly hanging up thotic-outs upon pcgs or racks ncar tho placc whore thcy arc to ho used.This porl'oation also scrycs to hghtcn tho plato. The catch 5 isprctcrahly mado of spring wirc, coilcd as shown, tho coils hoing close,so that whon the catch is passodoycr tho string it holds thcroon byfriction.

in use, tho plate 1 placed upon tho l package (3, as shown, the thumb isplacod l upon the plate at 7 whilo the package 6 is graspcd in ono hand.With tho othor hand string i is pass-(d around tho package, as shown inFig. 1, in a longitudinal vortical piano, thcn looped ovcr button 2,passing it hot'ivoon outton 2 and plato 1, thon around package 6 in atransverse yortical piano as shown, thon loopod a tin ovol' button 2,tho frco 0nd drawn t ht, and catch 5 finally scoured on tho string. Itwill ho understood that it packago 6 is so largo that it [ills thocapacity of the string, catch 5 will ho secured to the string near theplace where it is socurod in plato 1. If tho package is smaller, thocatch is passed around to the opposite sido ol' tho package and issocurcd thorc. in this way no looso cnd is lcl t dangling from thopackago, but tho cntirc string is utilized. in wrapping, and a neatpackage without tho dangor of hocoming unticd is tho rcsult. \Vhon thepackage is untiod, tho string is not cut with scissors, or in any way,is done at proscnt, hut catch 5 is simply rclcasod and tho lstringunwound from the package. The string hcing wodgod hotwcon disks land 2,i is held by friction, so that tho strain docs not come upon. catch 5,and the function of l tho catch is therefore simply to hold the 1 l freeend of tho string in place. It is con tomplatcd to make the tic-outs inseveral sizes, so that packages of difierent sizes may I looping meansattached to said centrally be tied out Without a surplus string. 1perforated disk, and a catch attached to Having thus described myinvention, I said flexible means for tying.

claiIn WILLIAM HITER MAOGILL.

A tie0ut for packages, comprising fiexi- Witnesses:

ble means for tying, a centrally perforated ABRAHAM KNOBEL,

disk secured to said flexible means for tying, F. H. KAPPA.

